元音變換

此條目介紹的是各種語言中的普遍現象。關於特指印歐語中的元音變換，請見「印歐語元音變換」。

元音變化（英語 ablaut, vowel gradation, vowel mutation）是一種相當普遍的語言現象，常被用來進行屈折變化或用於衍生新詞。英語中元音變換的例子如某些動詞的詞形變化：drive/drove/driven等。

英語中 Apophony 指的是所有具有語法作用的語音交替^{[存在爭議]}，而不僅僅是元音變化，還有輔音變化、音韻變化（Prosodic apophony，參見Suprafix（英語：Suprafix））、鼻音變化等等。

參見

• 語音交替
• 輔音變化
• 構詞學
• 日耳曼語元音變音
• 日耳曼語強變化動詞
• 印歐語元音變換

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